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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicIndia pop culture

Topic: India pop culture

SubscriberWrites: Stranded in the desert of pop culture

The Manganiyars and the fading echoes of tradition.

Gautam Singhania to Kusha Kapila—celebrity divorce is everybody’s business in India

‘Karma!’ is now the chant on Twitter. Gautam Singhania first kicked out his father and is now suffering. His wife is leaving him and asking for 75 per cent of his wealth

Indian aunties finally have their time in the ‘laddoo peela’ sun. They’re ‘looking like a wow’

They were relegated to the attics of auntie-verse for way too long. Now, Seema aunty to the ‘so elegant’ Jasmeen Kaur to lappu-jhingoor lady—Indian aunties are all the rage.

UPSC struggle is now the stuff of Indian pop culture—stand-up, TVF series, Bollywood, memes

Doctors and engineers have been replaced by IPS, IAS officers. Their journey and struggles have taken over the screen, be it through memes or movies.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.